Piano
We’ve invited some of the top pianists of our time to perform with us in our 80th birthday season. Víkingur Ólafsson, our Featured Artist, opens the season with Beethoven, gives the UK premiere of the concerto John Adams wrote for him, and leads a tribute to Kurtág. Evegeny Kissin is the soloist in an extraordinary programme of three concertos. Fazıl Say plays his own concerto ‘Mother Earth’. And there’s the chance to hear Frank Dupree, Kenis Kozhukhin, Bruce Liu and Benjamin Grosvenor too.
Santtu and Nikolai Lugansky
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Nikolai Lugansky – piano
- Ravel Alborada del gracioso
- Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3
- Ravel La Valse
- Respighi Pines of Rome
BBC Proms: Bruce Liu plays Tchaikovsky
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Bruce Liu – piano
- Ortiz Antrópolis
- Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
- Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Bedford: Beethoven and Mozart with Steven Osborne
Rory Macdonald – conductor
Steven Osborne – piano
- Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
- Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595
- Beethoven Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Bedford: Santtu and Víkingur Ólafsson
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'
- Ortiz Si el oxígeno fuera verde
- Sibelius Symphony No. 5
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Evgeny Kissin: one concert, three concertos
Lawrence Foster – conductor
Evgeny Kissin – piano
- Rimsky-Korsakov Piano Concerto
- Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1
- Rachmaninov The Rock
- Scriabin Piano Concerto
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Santtu and Fazıl Say
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Fazıl Say – piano
- de Falla El Amor Brujo Suite (orchestral version)
- Say Mother Earth (Piano Concerto) (UK premiere)
- Dvořák Symphony No. 8
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Esa-Pekka Salonen and Víkingur Ólafsson
Esa-Pekka Salonen – conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano
- Adams Piano Concerto, 'After the Fall' (London premiere, Philharmonia co-commission)
- Ravel Daphnis and Chloé (complete ballet score)
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Víkingur Ólafsson celebrates Kurtág at 100
Elena Schwarz – conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano
István Várdai – cello
- Kurtág Hommage à J. S. B.
- Kurtág Double Concerto, Op. 27 No. 2
- Schumann Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 60
- Kurtág Hommage à R. Sch.
- Simpson Hommage à Kurtág
- Kurtág ...quasi una fantasia... Op. 27, No. 1
- Bach Music for solo cello and solo piano
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Santtu conducts Bernstein, Copland and Gershwin
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Mark van de Wiel – clarinet
Frank Dupree – piano
- Bernstein On the Waterfront Suite
- Dove Clarinet Concerto, 'Rainbow' (World premiere, commissioned by Mark van de Wiel and the Philharmonia)
- Copland Clarinet Concerto
- Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Denis Kozhukhin plays Beethoven
Ruth Reinhardt – conductor
Denis Kozhukhin – piano
- Ortiz Tzam (UK premiere)
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'
- Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, 'Scottish'
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Bedford: Bruce Liu plays Ravel
Ryan Bancroft – conductor
Bruce Liu – piano
- Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
- Ravel Piano Concerto in G
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Leicester: Bruce Liu plays Ravel
Ryan Bancroft – conductor
Bruce Liu – piano
- Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
- Ravel Piano Concerto in G
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Bruce Liu plays Ravel
Ryan Bancroft – conductor
Bruce Liu – piano
- Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
- Ravel Piano Concerto in G
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Canterbury: Alim Beisembayev plays Beethoven
Adam Hickox – conductor
Alim Beisembayev – piano
- Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
- Brahms Symphony No. 1
Bedford: Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms
Adam Hickox – conductor
Alim Beisembayev – piano
- Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
- Brahms Symphony No. 1
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Leicester: Santtu and Benjamin Grosvenor in a Strauss extravaganza
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor – piano
- Strauss Don Juan
- Strauss Rondo Burleske
- Strauss Symphonia Domestica
- Strauss Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier (first sequence)
Santtu conducts a Strauss extravaganza
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor – piano
- Strauss Don Juan
- Strauss Burleske
- Strauss Symphonia Domestica
- Strauss Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier (first sequence)
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.